Garment.



J. H. G. DE FRG GRMENT. ,APPLIUATIUN 'FILED MAR. 1o, 1909.

5 Patented May 1'?, 191.6.

JosErH H. c. DE ronca, orLYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

' GARMENT.

camere.

f Specification of Letters Patent. l Pjtd Application filed March 10, 1909. Serial No. 1458.2;

May` 17,' 1910.

To all whom# may concern:

Bel it known that I, JOSEPH H. C. DE FORGE, a-citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of -Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a speciiication.

i This invention relates to improvements in garments and more particularly to shirts,

collars and cutis and means for detachably connecting collars and ends to shirts.

The object Aof my invention is primarily to provide simple, convenient and neat ap- .ing

caring devices for detachably attaching colars and cuffs to shirts in a secure manner so that accidental disconnection shall be impossible. f

The object isfurther to provide a cuff andv means for detachably attaching the same to arranged that the appearance of the combined culi' and sleeve shall be practically the same as a culi permanently attached to thev 4,sleeve by sewing inthe well known manner. In the attainment of the latter. object I- have' provided a cud having means for attaching the same to the wrist band `of al shirt at two points, one of the attaching devices being the ybutton of the wrist band,

which I button into the usual buttonholes provided in the cuff and the other device bein a tab attached to the cuff and extendrough one `or more slits formed in the w .ist band the sleeve, said tab being flat showing in full lines thetab for attach-- provi ed with one or more shoulders'adapted to engage the ends of one .of the slits and said tab being greater in width at its shoul-4 der or shoulders than the. width of the slit whereby the culi is securely locked to the wrist band. This tab is also embodied inl collars constructed in accordance with my invention.

following.v pointed-out in the appended claims.

Referring to thedrawings: y.Figure 1 isa perspective view eta shirt sleeve 4and cuff Y attached, thereto embodyinfr my lnvention.'

Fig. v2 is an elevation of, t e cud laid out ment*A of the cuil' extended outwardly l.and

showing in full lines the tab extended in-g` wardly. Fig. vdetail elevation of a ortion of the shirt sleeve and its wrist band aid out flat. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical,

sectionaly view taken on line 11e-4 of Fig. 1,

Like numerals refer 'to' like partsA througlry out the several views ofthe drawing.

In the drawing, referringto Figs. `1 to 4, inclusive, 10 is a shirt sleeve vhaving a wrist band 11 provided with the usual buttonholes 12 and 13,and provided with two slits .14' dl' th` tl. tl th'if the wrist band of a shirt so constructed and an m e een la por lon ere() said slits being preferably parallel with' the longitudinal edge ofthe wrist band. 16 is a cuff provided with the usual buttonholes 17, 18,19 and 20, the buttonhol'e 20 being formed in a tab 21. Fast to ,the culi' `16 at its middle portion and adjacent to one edgel thereof is a tab 22, the same being preferably secured to thecui" by sewing theretopreferably on the inner :face thereof,

-being observed that the stitches connecting Fig. 5, lookingV the two parts are located at a little distance `from the adjacent edgeof the cuff.' `The Atab `22 is provided with shoulders 23, 2 3 and has a narrow neck 24 `located between said shoulders of the point ofattachmnt to the' cuit', said tab being greater inwidth at said shoulders thanV thev width off the slit L15. These shoulders will, in practice, be curled .toward each other by the fingers sol as narrow the tab' at thatpoint' to make it pos.`

sible `to` 'ass-f the shoulders tof the' tabv "throught e-slit 15. f L

`In attaching the culi to the wrist handv the end of thetab-is rpassed. first inwardly' through` the slit 414 and thence outwardly through the slit 15 and the tab is bentso as to extend inwardly toward the central portion of `the` cuff into the position shown in ldotted lines in Fig. v2 andk in full linesin Fig. 1, after which the ends'o'f the cuttfare attached to the wrist band bypassing aj usual .button 25 through the buttonholes'12 and 13 ofthe wrist and, then through-the lbuttonhes 20 and 19,. of the culi', the ends of the'cuff being still further connected by the usual vculi: link 26 passing through the button'holes 17 and '18, the 4appearance of rhe parts when assembled being as shown in v ig. l. i

It will beunderstood that the tab 22 is wholly invisible from the exterior of the cuff after the cuil has been 4'applied and con` sequent-ly the combined cuil and shirt sleeve have very much the appearance of a culi .and shirt sleeve in whichthe cuit is permanently attached to the shirt sleeve by sewing thereto in L4a well known manner. The tab 22; acts to securely lock the cuff to the' wrist band -at 'the side thereoi opposite to `the button-25 and thus the culi and Wristband are prevented from. separating from each other,4 .as 1s commonwhere cuffs are connected to the-wrist bands only at one side thereof. llt4 will be understood that after the shoulders 23, .23 are' passed through the slit 15: said shoulders are- Hat-tened out vso that they cannot be' withdrawn through said 'slitf without iii-st bending them inwardly toward each. other. v.

v In Figs. xand 6 I have shown another embodiment of my invention in which an .attaching tab similar tothe onedescribed. in ronnection-with'the cuil is fast to the collar .and 'constitutes the means -for attachin the.

-to the back of the neck `band; o'- the shirt. In. these figures v2 7 is the collar and 2 8 is the neck ban'dof av shirt, said neck ,band being provided at the back thereof with a usual buttonhole 29 andtheusual .pocket formed by a flap 30, this pocket being usually employed to receive the base of the collar button and prevent the saine from bearing 'against the neck of the wearer by reason of thefact that the neck band 28 is interposed betweenthe .base of the button 'and the neck of the wearer. This. pocket 'and buttonhole l employ 1n attaching the collar totheneck. band, this being accom-A plished by securing to l the collar a tab 31 'provided with two shoulders 32, 32 reater in `width than. the .buttonhole or s t 29.

This tab is passed iirst upwardly into the 4pocket andA thence loutwardly through the .slit 29'so as to occupy the position shown in tothe neck throughv the A A said. shoulders are fiattened'out so as to lock Figs. 5 and' 6. The collar will be attached band at the. front portion thereof in the usual manner., 4

It will be understood that when the collar is't be applied the lshoulders 32,' 32 of the tab 13 are bent inwardly Vtoward each other vwith; the other part toward the central portion thereof vand ini'a plane outside of and substantially parallel to the other4 para; there is formed at, 'sadspointgo cmnection a "connection shoulder which. constitutes a stop toprevent movement ofthe culi in one direction while the locking shoulders prevent movement in the opposite directionso that the cuit is thus securely and accurately -heldl in place and there can be no slipping thereof. By extending the tab through the second slit not only is its attachment thereby rendered far more secure thanif a single slit were provided, but the free end of the tab does not vnecessarily come in contact with the wearer when in use, but the thickness ofthe cuff is interposed thereby makingthe cuff very comfortable-towear.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

1 A garment having, in combination, two parts adapted to surround a portion of the body of the wearer, one of said parts being provided' with two slits extending entirely therethrough, and a tab secured to the other of said parts extending through one of said slits, thence along the surface and through the other of said slits.

2. A garment having, in combination, two

Qparts adapted to surround av portion of the body of the wearer, one of said parts being provided with two slits at least one of which extends entirely therethrough, and a' tab secured to the other of said parts and having its free end extending toward the central portionof the part to which it is fast and in a plane 'outside thereof, said tab extending through one of said slits, thence alonff the surface and through the other of said s its.

3. A arment having, in combination, two

lparts a apted to surround a portion of the body of the wearer, oneof said parts being provided with two slits at least one of which extends entirely therethrough, and a tab securedto the other of said parts and having its free end extending toward the central portion of the part to which it is fast and in'a plane outside. thereof, said tab extending through one of said slits, thence along the surface and through the other of said slits, said tab'being` provided with a shoulder to engage one end of the second slit to lock said parts against disconnection.

4. In combination, a shirt havinga sleeve .provided with a wrist band having two slits extending therethrough,a cuit surrounding said wrist band, a tab fast to said cuiti adja-` cent to one edge thereof and extending to- .Ward the` opposite edge thereof in a plane outside of said cu, said tab: extending inwardly through one of said slits, thence along the inner surface of said wrist band and thence outwardly through the other of said slits, said tabl being provided with a shoulder to engage one end of the second slit, and means todetachably attach said cuit to said wrist band. at another point.

omero l l5. A arment having, in combination, two parts a epted to surround e portion' of the ybody of the wearer, one of sind; parte being plane outside of said part to which seid telo is. fast, said tab being located in said slits and being1 provided with shouldersedepted to engage opposite ens, respectively, of said slits, seid tele being greater in Width et @seid shoulders then seid elils, the ends of Wneh seid shoulders enege.

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